田纳西泰坦队确信他们在2006年NFL选秀中挑中了一个特权四分卫，现在是给文斯·杨（Vince Young）寻找并肩作战的战友的时候了。

　　由于上赛季输掉了一场关键的比赛，泰坦队最后无缘季后赛，今年他们显然希望通过选秀来填补队中的诸多空缺。球队现在的排兵布阵捉襟见肘，一来是由于主力角卫亚当·“食豆先生”·琼斯（Adam "Pacman" Jones）被联盟禁赛一年，二来是因为球队不愿支付高薪导致老将离队。

　　杨这位攻击线上的新兵已经失去了三位队友，作为自由球员的接球手德鲁·班尼特（Drew Bennett）和博比·韦德（Bobby Wade）为了薪水分别转投圣路易斯公羊和明尼苏达维京人，同时泰坦为了避免继续给跑卫特拉维斯·亨利（Travis Henry）开高薪而将其扫地出门。泰坦队一年前签入的老将大卫·吉文斯（David Givens）仍然在养伤，除了前十字韧带撕裂，他的膝盖可能还有更严重的问题。

　　泰坦在转会市场上的唯一收获就是签下了身高1米93的外接手贾斯汀·盖奇（Justin Gage），他上赛季在芝加哥熊队有4次传球。

　　球队经理麦克·雷恩菲尔德（Mike Reinfeldt）今年二月刚刚上任，这将是他在泰坦队面临的首次选秀。如果他没有将选秀权交换出去的话，泰坦将连续第三年拥有至少10个选秀权。雷恩菲尔德首先要做的，就是加强球队的攻击阵容。

　　2006年，泰坦每场比赛的平均控球时间只有27分17秒，这让球队的防守阵容不堪重负，只有回攻接球手布兰登·琼斯每场比赛都首发出场，但是他也只有27次传球。

　　这意味着泰坦很可能把第1轮的第19位选秀权用来挑选一位外接手。最近一次在选秀中出现的前20位被选中的外接手是1998年的凯文·迪森（Kevin Dyson），这种情况在NFL历史上还出现过一次，1987年休斯敦油商队用他们在第一轮的第二个选秀权（第20顺位）挑中了海伍德·杰弗瑞（Haywood Jeffires）。

　　泰坦已经仔细研究了新秀中的接球好手，其中包括田纳西大学的罗伯特·米其姆（Robert Meachem），俄亥俄州立大学的小特德·吉恩（Ted Ginn Jr.），路易斯安那州立大学的德韦恩·博（Dwayne Bowe），还有南加州大学的德韦恩·加瑞特（Dwayne Jarrett）。

　　吉恩的回攻能力出众，几乎可以立刻顶替禁赛的琼斯，后者平均每次弃踢回攻12.9码。不过和身高1米83的吉恩比起来，身高1米91、体重98.5公斤的米其姆可能更符合泰坦的要求。上个月，球队还曾派攻击教练诺姆·周（Norm Chow）和雷恩菲尔德一起观看过米其姆的表现，而且还和他见了面。

　　<b>原文</b>

    NASHVILLE， Tenn. （April 24， 2007） —— The Tennessee Titans believe they found a franchise quarterback in the NFL draft in 2006. Now it''s time to find someone to play catch with Vince Young.

    For a team that missed a playoff berth by one game last season， the Titans will go into this draft with lots of holes to fill thanks to the season-long suspension of top cornerback and NFL punt return leader Adam "Pacman" Jones， and the decision not to pay too dearly for veteran players.

    That is how Young， the NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year， lost three of his top five targets. Receivers Drew Bennett and Bobby Wade signed for big money in St. Louis and Minnesota as free agents. The Titans released running back Travis Henry to avoid overpaying him.

    Veteran David Givens， signed as a free agent a year ago， still is recovering from an ugly injury where his torn ACL might not have been the worst of his knee problems.

    The Titans'' only move to add receiving help so far？ Signing 6-foot-4 Justin Gage， who caught four passes last year for Chicago.

    "It''s still a ''need'' position for us， and we''re going to try to address it，" coach Jeff Fisher said.

    This will be new general manager Mike Reinfeldt''s first draft since being hired in February. If he doesn''t trade away any picks， the Titans would have at least 10 draft selections for a third consecutive year； they had an NFL-high 34 picks in the previous three drafts.

    Reinfeldt can help the Titans most by addressing the offense first.

    Tennessee held the ball only 27 minutes， 17 seconds per game in 2006， which strained the defense far too often. Of the returning receivers， Brandon Jones is the only one who started any games last season， and he caught only 27 passes.

    That should mean using the 19th pick overall on only the third receiver this franchise has drafted in the first round， and the first since Kevin Dyson in 1998. The other？ Haywood Jeffires in 1987 by the then-Houston Oilers with their second pick in the first round.

    The Titans have studied the top receivers available， including Robert Meachem of Tennessee， Ted Ginn Jr. of Ohio State， Dwayne Bowe of LSU， and Dwayne Jarrett of Southern California. Ginn''s abilities as a returner would make him immediately valuable in the absence of Jones， who averaged 12.9 yards per punt return.

    But Meachem is a much bigger target at 6-foot-3， 217 pounds compared to the 6-foot Ginn. The Titans sent offensive coordinator Norm Chow and Reinfeldt to watch Meachem at his pro day last month， and the receiver was among the first to visit team officials in Nashville.

    The Titans could draft a running back to replace Henry， whose 1，211 yards rushing is why Tennessee ranked fifth in the NFL. LenDale White， a second-round pick in 2006， came into the offseason program overweight and is working to get back in shape now.

    That is why the Titans are bartering with San Diego， trying to get the Chargers to ease their demand of first- and third-round draft picks for LaDanian Tomlinson''s backup， Michael Turner. Tennessee can''t afford to give up that much， but has those 10 picks overall from which to entice the Chargers.

    Even with Jones and his four interceptions， the Titans ranked last in the NFL in total defense.

    Free-agent signee Nick Harper will help replace Jones， but selecting Arkansas cornerback Chris Houston or Darrelle Revis of Pittsburgh would indicate the Titans are serious about not letting Jones return without drastic changes.

    They also need a defensive end opposite Kyle Vanden Bosch after getting only 26 sacks in 2006 and could look at Adam Carricker of Nebraska. They signed Ryan Fowler to replace Peter Sirmon at middle linebacker， which should increase their overall speed， and added veteran safety Bryan Scott as a free agent.

    But Young， who set a rookie quarterback record by rushing for 552 yards， needs someone to catch his passes before defenses figure out how to slow him down on the ground.

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